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Key recommendations NA Gaps identified Immigrant women experience challenges when seeking employment in Canada Key findings Immigrant women rely on family, ethnic, and religious networks as a “survival” resource at the initial stage of their settlement and seeking employment. But it doesn’t always help them to achi...
Gaps identified NA Key findings Women’s perceptions of health, and examples of how they tried to achieve such, showed they wanted to do best for their and baby’s health but faced numerous difficult life circumstances during pregnancy and postpartum. Despite existing challenges, programs, such as HMHB, can play a crit...
Community organizations NA Location Alberta Key recommendations Future research is needed on the topic Need for more robust integration programmes that will include both international and intranational migrants Key populations rural non-farming and urban-non-farming Albertans Gaps identified Not enough research...
Key populations Immigrant social workers (female and male) Gaps identified Lack of research that addresses gender-based experiences of immigrant social workers Key recommendations Remove barriers to social workers’ professional and personal adaptation in the following areas: “language, employment, housing, daycare,...
Location Alberta Community organizations NA Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Open-access – Yes https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-015-0773-z Key populations Immigrant women; healthcare providers and stakeholders Ke...
Open-access – No Location Southern Alberta Key recommendations Provide “more comprehensive and readily available interpretive services in the healthcare sector” as well as cultural awareness programs for healthcare providers so that they understand how to reduce the risk of miscommunication. Community organizati...